Ooto Melody



"Wo are you? Who am I? You're Melody! I'm AKB0048's Ooto Melody!"

Melody Ooto is a member of AKB0048's 153rd Understudy generation. As idol, she is known by the nicknames Melody (メロディー) and Melo (めろ).

Apperance
Melody has got purple hair. Her eyes are purple. She also has got heart-shaped lines on her hair and in her eyes. Usually, Melody wears feminine clothing. She follows fashion trends but usually does keep them in a feminine, elegant part. She prefers clothing without much pattern.

Skills
Melody is a skilled piano-player and good, though not the best, singer. She isn't very good in quick dances, she prefers slow dances and ballad songs. She has been learning to play several instruments (violin, piano, flute, guitar) since her childhood but only has keept playing piano.

Personality
Melody is usually polite, even though not over the line. However, she knows who is 'usefu' and who isn't. She knows what she wants. Melody tends to does not watch others but only think for herself, to reach the top.

History
Melody grew up as daughter of a film director and a pianist, and due to this, never had many problems as her family had enough money. Her mother wanted her to be educated in music since she was four years old. The time, when she started learning how to play piano. In the elementary school, she learned diffrent instruments, but she did not keep any of them.

Audditions
Melody had been thinking about joining AKB0048 since the last audditions but didn't do so until this year. in the last year, she wasn't sure how her parent would react. When she saw that her (until this time) wish name was taken away, Maeda Atsuko, she decided to join 0048 for sure. While this, she also became a Honoka-Oshi because she likes her habit of quoting songs.

Ethymology
Ooto (大音) can be translated to loud. 大 means big, 音 means sound.

Melody (メロディー) s a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. Source

Together, her name can mean loud melody.

Quotes

 * "Who are you? Who am I? You're melody! I'm AKB0048's Ooto Melody~ " - Melody's Introduction Catchphrase

Trivia

 * Melody's catchphrase hints her favourite song, Kimi wa Melody and her name.
 * She is able to play piano on a quiet good level.
 * She can play some other instruments but not very good. She only knows the basics.
 * Her auddition song was Kanojo.
 * She wants to become a singer in the future.
 * There is also proof that she is aspiring to become a singer in her eyes, where there are music note linings alongside the heart linings.
 * Melody's original name was Melodia which became her character song's name.